Music and Lights explained

Music and Lights
Cover:Imagination - Music and Lights.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Imagination
Album:In the Heat of the Night
Released:11 June 1982
Genre:Post-disco, R&B, funk
Label:R&B
Producer:Jolley & Swain
Prev Title:Just an Illusion
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:In the Heat of the Night
Next Year:1982

"Music and Lights" is a single by British trio Imagination, released in 1982 by R&B Records. It was composed by the band's members in a collaboration with Jolley & Swain. The song has appeared on their second album titled In the Heat of the Night. "Music and Lights" became a hit that reached number five on the UK singles chart in 1982. It also reached number one in France and Italy.

Track listing

7" single

  1. "Music and Lights" – 3:46
  2. "Music and Lights" (Instrumental) – 3:15

12" single

  1. "Music and Lights" – 5:22
  2. "Music and Lights" (Instrumental) – 4:10

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[1] 16
France (IFOP)[2] 1
Italy (FIMI)[3] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[4] 2
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[5] 52

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 95
France (IFOP)[7] 15
Italy (FIMI)[8] 17

Certifications and sales

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radio 2 Top 30 : 24 juli 1982 . . 31 August 2013 . nl.
  2. Web site: Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 80 . InfoDisc . 2 June 2013 . fr.
  3. Web site: SINGOLI – I NUMERI UNO (1959-2006) (parte 3: 1980-1990) . It-charts.150m.com . dead . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174850/http://it-charts.150m.com/numeriuno-1980.htm . it.
  4. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st . September 2005 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . Spain . 84-8048-639-2 . es.
  5. Web site: In the Heat of the Night – Awards . . 2 June 2013.
  6. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1982 . Ultratop. Hung Medien . 29 January 2014 . nl.
  7. Web site: TOP – 1982 . Top-france.fr . 29 January 2014 . fr.
  8. Web site: I singoli più venduti del 1982 . . 29 January 2014 . it.